Chapter Four
ACME Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, USA
*The C-5 appears and so did Jade*
Shirley: Oh, Miss Jade, there you are, have you seen Director Devineaux?
Jade: No, have you check his office?
Shirley: No, I haven't I don't want to disturb him while he's busy, why, what's going on?
Jade: Trouble around Sweetwater's Flea Market, some guy bumped unto me and told me that a woman is after him.
Shirley: What do you mean?
Jade: Well, I would like to talk to him about this.
Shirley: *as she places a big envelope onto the desk* Since you're here, ACME's got mail from nowhere, maybe you can give it to Director Devineaux for me.
Jade: *As she grabs the big envelope* I will, Shirley! *As she leaves and headed for Chase's office, knock on his door...quietly* Chase, it's Jade! *She heard someone opens the file cabinet in the file room, raised her eyebrows* Chase?!?! *As she enters the file room and saw Lee only* Lee, what are you doing here?
Lee: Jade, what are you doing here with that big envelope?
Jade: I was about to give it to Chase in his office.
Lee: Uh, Jade, he's not in his office.
Jade: What do you mean?
Lee: *sighed* He's in the safehouse with Chaud. *Jade slaps her forehead with her hand*
Safehouse
*Someone knocks on the safehouse door*
Chase: *voice only* Chaud, can you get that?
Chaud: Sure thing, Agent Devineaux! *As he opened the safehouse door and there was Jade and Lee*
Jade: Chaud, so glad to see you, Lan's not here?
Chaud: He's back in Dentech Area, what's going on?
Lee: Jade has an envelope for him.
Jade: And I need a talk with him.
Chaud: Mind if I join in the communication, Jade?
Jade: Yes, Chaud and you'd better listen, Lee, this could be important.
Lee: *As Chase came out of the bedroom* About what?
Jade: About what happened at a flea market in Sweetwater, Tennessee.
Chaud: Were you there?
Jade: Yes, Chaud, a man bumped unto me and telling me a woman is after him.
Lee: Does a man know that woman?
Jade: Yes, according to the man he said that he knows that woman when he was in high school anyway, she was a foreign exchange student from Venezuela, but he never loved her at all because he already has someone his parents already arrange to marry after going to college or going to the military and if optional getting a job afterwards.
Chase: Really, Jade?
Jade: It's true, Chase, I've figure you overhearing my conservation about what's going on in my neck of the woods, anyway the woman is older than the guy is.
Lee: Talk about a cougar meeting her cub at first sight.
Jade: Lee, may I finish?
Lee: Sorry, Jade, go on.
Chase: So, by any chance, Jade, did the man married to the girl his parents arranged for?
Jade: *sighed* Sadly, no, Chase, the girl died at age sixteen of an illness, broke his heart completely, however the woman tries everything to get his attention but was sent back to Venezuela finding out that she was an escaped con artist wanted in Caracas after he and his parents were shocked and surprised.
Lee: How long was that?
Jade: According to the man that was fifteen years ago.
Chaud: But why did she come back to America? For him?
Jade: Without a doubt, Chaud, I'd better informed Amber Rojo to contact the Caracas Police whatsoever about the woman and he gave me the woman's name already.
Chase: *to Lee* Jordan, find anything about Norma Payne?
Lee: Not in the file room, probably head for Maine and find the answers there.
Jade: Or try and look at the database and find her there. *Lee slaps his forehead with his hand*
Lee: Thanks, Jade, why did I not think of it sooner? *As he leaves*
Chaud: Was there anything else the man knows?
Jade: All I remember was she found him after uh-oh...Chase, Chaud, I've got a weird feeling about this dating case.
Chaud: You mean?
Proto Man: The computerized dating booth known as CUPID.
Chaud: Of course, the CUPID the question is who created that computerized dating booth.
Proto Man: Net Police doesn't have any leads, but ACME does.
Chase: I've figure Norma use the same thing too to find me.
Jade: And I bet Arthur's secret admirer is after him too. *Until an alarm buzzed*
Lee: *voice only* Terrific, now what?
Jade: *as she came to Lee* What's wrong now, Lee?
Lee: *As Chase and Chaud came as well* Beats me, Jade, I wonder why?
Chaud: Proto Man, anything?
Proto Man: Chaud, there's viruses around this system.
Jade: Not good.
Chase: Let's go! *As he, Jade, Lee and Chaud headed for the Laboratory*
Spencer Ross: *as he and Brenda N. Butters came out of the lab* Jade, Chase, Lee, the mainframe is swarming with viruses.
Lee: Oh fudge!
Brenda: We try to put anti-virus system, but it didn't work.
Lee: Now what?
Chaud: *as he shows his Net Saver badge to Spencer and Brenda* Lead the way, you two, Jade, get Lan at once.
Jade: *to Spencer and Brenda* He's with us, you two, *to Chaud* I'll get him fast! *As she uses her padphone to warn Lan*
Jade's mind: I hope Lan gets over here immediately.
Brenda: *to Chaud* Follow us then! *As Chaud follows her and Spencer to the Laboratory*
Meanwhile in the Dentech Area, Tokyo, Japan
Maylu: *as she and Lan are about to go home after school* I hope Ms. Mari will be alright.
Lan: She's lately feeling down and out already about this matchmaking thing.
*Lan's PET beeps*
Mega Man: Lan, ACME's mainframe computer is in trouble at the main office in San Francisco.
Roll: Looks like they need some help at once.
*The C-5 corridor opens*
Lan: Better go, Maylu!
Maylu: Lan, wait!
ACME Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Lab's Network Area
Proto Man: There's too many of these bee viruses in the system, Chaud!
The Laboratory
Chaud: *to Spencer and Brenda* How did that happen?
Brenda: Detective Chance gave us the gold card that his 'secret admirer' gave him after he left the Ferry Building yesterday and take it out of his pants pocket. *The C-5 appears and so did Lan and Maylu*
Chaud: Lan, Maylu?!?!
Lan: Maylu?!?!
Maylu: I've figure to help you guys.
Brenda: *to Lan* You sure?!?!
Lan: She's an allied to ACME under us...Jack-in, Mega Man, Power up!
Maylu: Jack-in, Roll, Power up!
The Lab's Network Area
Mega Man: Charge Shot!
Roll: Roll Blast! *The Bee viruses got vanished by a big blast combination coming from Mega Man and Roll*
Proto Man: Mega Man, Roll, thanks for coming!
Mega Man: But we're not done yet.
Roll: The bee viruses are going to spread again.
Chaud: *voice only* No, they won't, Cyber Sword, Wide Sword, Long Sword, battle chips in, Program Advanced!
Proto Man: Light Sword! *And just like that the hole is seal*
The Conference Room (Ten Minutes Later)
Arthur: *after Spencer shows him the gold card* It's true, Rhoda did put that gold card in my pants pocket.
Jade: That contains a virus no doubt.
Arthur: Yeah, she and her family once own a honey farm in Maryland, she knows bees and honey through generations of beekeepers east and west coast by each of her parents' side of the family.
Jade: Let me guess, she has a crush on you?
Arthur: Since Middle School, she even tries to enter the Honey Queen Program since she was eighteen.
Jade: Hold on the Honey Queen Program?!?! I heard about it according to Wikipedia, Maryland wasn't mentioned as one of the states participate that program. [I don't own the Honey Queen Program or Wikipedia whatsoever]
Arthur: She tried everything like joining a beekeepers' club no one would have her there as a member because of her parents' family being honey thieves.
Chaud: Honey Thieves?!?!
Arthur: Yeah, her family steals bees from the west coast and the east coast.
Jade: I bet she has a Net Navi, right?
Arthur: Now that you mentioned it, Jade, Rhoda may have a PET after all.
Roll: Looks like Arthur's right those bee viruses probably came from a Net Navi.
Proto Man: Yes, a Net Navi named Honeybee who belongs to Rhoda Bykes.
Mega Man: Hope, you can track her and her Navi down, Detective Chance.
Arthur: The last time I saw her was yesterday at the Ferry Building during a farmer's market on a Tuesday.
Chase: Is there anything else? *Jade gave him the big envelope* Hmm, I may look into this one, it could be important, in the meantime find out about any women who's after their men of their own dreams but rejected years ago.
Lan: And I say that dating booth is the source, say Jade, have you use it?
Jade: No, Lan, let's just say I've got disqualified, so did Amber back in Lima.
Maylu: *as Jade setup the C-5 corridor to get her and Lan back in the Dentech area of Tokyo with her padphone* Maybe we can talk to someone who tried to use the dating booth but never use it.
Lan: Good idea, Maylu!
Jade's House
*After returning from ACME she watches the breaking news about the women who were protesting CUPID for ruining their own chances at love after being rejected*
Jade's mind: At least, I inform Amber about the woman by contacting the Caracas Police, the question is why CUPID and why other women were heartbroken and put up a protest against this computerized dating service. *Her padphone beeped and saw a message* I believe I'll find out tomorrow.
Meanwhile in Tokyo, Japan
Cole Gannon: *as he, Tyson Jackson and Jason Argonaut searches for the black marketers...to Sakura on screen via Smart phone* So far, Sakura, nothing around this neighborhood.
Sakura: *on screen* I'm glad, Daniel sends in you guys with Detective Jordan's permission.
Cole: Yeah, we...
Tyson: *interrupted* Hold the phone, Cole, look who it is...*Cole shocked and saw someone familiar*
Cole: *quietly* Sakura, it's Dee Cryption!
Sakura: *on screen* Why is Carmen Sandiego's henchwoman here in Tokyo?
Jason: I don't know, Sakura! *Grabbing something out of his pants pocket* I've better use this one fast! *As he transforms his outfit into an olive-green instant battle suit using his bracelet of course and went stealth mode and place something in Dee's pants pocket and leaves before Dee suspected anyone coming after her [at least both Cole and Tyson turn around to look at a yakitori place/ yakitori: grilled skewered chicken] and then return back to his outfit that is*
Cole: *quietly* Smart thinking, Jason!
Tyson: Maybe we should stop at a yakitori restaurant right here.
Sakura: *on screen* No can do, Tyson, return to headquarters, as of now.
Cole: Cheer up, Tyson at least we're heading back now. *As a cab pull up and it's an informant working under Agent Yamaguchi while Cole, Tyson and Jason enter the cab and drives them back to ACME Japan*
Wily: *voice only* It seems these ACME agents are closing in.
Carmen: *voice only* Not quite, Wily, there's more to it than meets the eye.
Wily: *voice only* You mean?
Carmen: *voice only* Yes, it's more than just a dating game.
[End of Chapter Four]